Purna Sen: Forced marriage needs to be thought of in terms of human rights[04/11/2004]

Purna Sen, a UK-based expert in violence against women who took part in the Parliamentary Assembly hearing on forced and child marriages on 18 October in Antwerp, says in an interview that the issue needs to be thought of ''in terms of human rights, as the right to marry in the context of free and full consent is clearly and repeatedly asserted in the international human rights framework''.